Executive Committee

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee consists of the Section’s current
officers, the Section’s Delegates to the Association’s House of Delegates, the
Chairs of each of the Section’s Committees, and other members in good standing
of the Section and the Association as appointed by the Executive Committee to
serve in an at-large capacity. The Executive Committee also includes
representatives from each county in which there is a Commercial Division of New
York Supreme Court. All past Chairs of the Section, if they are not otherwise
serving on the Executive Committee, are non-voting honorary members of the
Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee is responsible for (1) discussion and
adoption of positions of the Section, including passing on committee reports and
commenting as requested on reports of other Sections and Committees of the New
York State Bar Association and the ABA; (2) general supervision and control over
the affairs and activities of the Section, including meetings, CLE programs,
special events and receptions; ( 3 ) authorization of all commitments and
contracts, and expenditure of all monies collected by the Section or
appropriated for its use and purposes.

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